How to treat hemangioma in the hand?

Hemangioma is a relatively common disease in today's society. The harm to the body varies depending on the location of the hemangioma. However, due to the swelling of the hemangioma, no matter where it grows, it will pose a great threat to the patient's health. In addition, hemangioma can also cause infection, ulcers, bleeding and other symptoms, which can seriously endanger the patient's life. Therefore, when you have a hemangioma, you must treat it early. So how to treat hemangioma on the hand?

1. Surgical treatment: There are four major difficulties in surgical treatment: First, it is difficult to stop bleeding. During the operation, as soon as the tumor is cut, blood will gush out immediately, making it difficult to identify the bleeding site, and heavy bleeding is prone to occur and difficult to stop bleeding. Second, it is easy to damage the surrounding important tissues, including the surrounding large arteries and veins and nerves. Third, there is the problem of repairing the huge wound left after removing the tumor. Fourth, for hemangiomas that infiltrate the muscle layer or even deeper, if they cannot be removed, there are also problems with stopping bleeding and removing the lesions.

2. Cryosurgery: This method of treating hemangiomas originated in the 1960s (it can be used for small-scale superficial lesions as appropriate). It uses the extreme low temperature caused by the volatilization of liquid nitrogen to condense the skin, hemangioma and tissues around the lesion area, forming ice crystals in the cells, causing the cells to rupture, disintegrate and die, and then the hemangioma disappears through the body's repair process. After treatment, severe defects, deformities and functional disorders are left behind. The intensity and depth of the freezing operation are difficult to control, the treatment is incomplete, the recurrence rate is high, and the pain is great. This treatment is destructive and cannot fundamentally regulate the diseased and proliferating capillaries. Moreover, the hematopoietic factors that cause the proliferation of capillaries still exist, so it is easy to relapse after treatment and leave scars after healing!

3. Radiation and isotope therapy: The principle of treatment is to use the r-rays produced by radioactive elements to bombard the nuclei of tissue cells in the affected area to break the DNA and RNA chains, terminate the synthesis of nucleoproteins, cause cell death and disintegration, and then achieve the treatment goal through the tissue repair process. Commonly used methods in clinical practice include: superficial X-ray irradiation, local irradiation with cobalt 60, external application of strontium 40 film, local injection of phosphorus 32 colloid, etc. After treatment, the treated area is left with atrophic scars due to radiation damage and the epidermis has desquamation. For this type of atrophic tissue and atrophic scars caused by radiation, experts recommend surgical excision, otherwise the possibility of cancer cannot be ruled out. Experts believe that radiation therapy should be avoided as much as possible during the treatment of hemangiomas.

The above are several methods of treating hand hemangiomas introduced by the editor. Combined with the patient’s own situation, you can choose a method that suits you under the guidance of a doctor, but you need to choose a regular hospital and not believe in folk remedies and other treatments at will. In addition, you must pay attention to keeping the affected area clean and hygienic, and pay attention to a light diet. I wish you good health.